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Rise Of The Planet Of Apes Essay

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Through watching the movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes, one can compare and contrast primate behavior both in the film and in reality. An analysis of the movie leads one to conclude there are many areas of contrast. Aspects that are considered within the analysis are locomotion, morphology, vocalizations, behavior, intelligence, and genes. In addition to the compare and contrast portion of my research I also examined the pandemic in the film and it’s biological aspects. Through examination of those aspects I was able to formulate a hypothesis on how a “Planet of Apes” could occur. Before delving into elements of the pandemic, we must first examine primate behavior. Starting with morphology, both chimpanzees in the film and in reality have nostrils that face downwards and tubular ear bones (Borja). Their teeth are similar to that of humans’, but their canines are larger. Additionally, they both are dark in color with pale faces. However, chimps in the film and in real life differ when it comes to locomotion. Every now and then chimpanzees use bipedal …show more content…

Issues arise with this because how is it that Caesar’s mother passed down the gene to him through pregnancy? An investigation of these issues will be discussed in the latter portion of this paper. Going back to the research, vocalization and complex speech are seen in the film. While chimpanzees in our world do not talk, as in complex speech, they do use vocalizations and utterances. In the film, many of the primates used only utterances, and very few knew how to sign. But, for Caesar who was born with the ALZ-112 in his DNA from the gene therapy, used complex speech towards the end of the movie. The first word he said was “No!” which sounded clear, as well as human like. He also used complex speech to say, “Caesar is home” to the human that raised him, Dr. William “Will” Rodman

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